The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-25

| ments, a striking likeness OF the late Senator
ladies form his long black hair: the shadows
make high forehead and prominent nose; the
| heavy bangs of another of the group furnish the
prominent mustache and the neck of the fourth
| mis- eyes This phenomenon was discovered by
| a near-sighted gentleman when without his
| glasses"
| Mrs. CLEVELAND is fairly good swimmer
| but does not care much for diving. She likes to
wade out until the water is about mp to her neck
and then swim shoreward with slow and grace
| full stroke. Her mother does not swim but is
very fond of saltwater bathing. Together they
have taken great deal of pleasure in this sport
| at Marion, and nothing but unfavorable weather
has lnterfered with their daily bath.
A RICH Spectator in Paris, of shady repu-
| tation, being very anxious to possess some dec
Grafton, boldly asked the Emperor Dom Pedro
to bestow one upon him, as he had already done
to NJ de Lesseps and Others. No" said the
old monarch. II can't do it. People would think
me fool Well, could stand that. But they
would also think you knave and cannot have
any persons of such reputation in my order
GEORGE MEREDITH the famous English novel
list, is handsome man between fifty and sixty
years of age His hair is gray, his features we'll
cut and expressive. and his manner vigorous,
unafecting and pleasing. Like many man
who has excelled in prose George Meredith con-
siders himself great poet. He seems blind to
the fact that while he may be giant in fiction
ne is dwarf in verse. The Atheneum, speak
ing of his poetry calls him harlequin"
REV. DIR. PHILLIPS BROOKS. in the Princeton
Review, suggests to surprised profession that
ministers should learn something of what they
talk about He thinks that there has been alto
gether too much sneering at the theory of evolu
ton by preachers whose only idea of that theory
Is that 1t claims man to have descended from
monkey He tells them that congregations
grow better informed they will drop away from
ranters who will not study up the living issues
of the day.
GLEASON. the horse-tamer, saws that the word
whoa" should never be spoken to horse
less it is desired that he stop still. A lad near
Albany knows what sound advice this is. He
was on moving machine and fell in front of
the knives As ne fell he shouted ''Whoa! to
his horses and they stopped. The cutting knife
OF the machine was resting on top of the boys
foot when be was taken up. Had the horses
taken single step more the lads foot would
have been mangled.
PERE HYAClNTHE is living in the suburbs Of
Paris. He is chiefly affected-patronized, one
might say-by the evangelical English and
eral noble dowagers Madame Loyson's init.
mates. The Loysons exc out their income by
taking the boys into the family for instruction.
The household also com prises some young priests
of the Few cult These rendered useful in
various WAYS young boy an inmate for
some time of the household. says that they fetch
and carry, and that young priest devolves
the duty of keeping the coal scuttles full.
OF the three daughters of the celebrated DR..
Peabody, of Salem. only survives, Elizabeth,
the oldest, who is of the most intellectual
women of the century. She has been friend
of Emerson, Alcott, Parker. Margaret Fuller,
DIR. Hedge, Hawthorne, Claiming. the poet.
Thoreau, and nearlv every other person worth
knowing in New England for nearly three
quarters OF a century, and in a wonderfully
active old age is of the most remarkable
women now living in the United States. Her
sister Mary married Horace Mann and her sis
ter Sophia became the wife of Nathaniel Haw-
thorre.
THERE is TO be goddess at the Golden Gate
Adolph Sutro, of tunnel fame, has decided 30
present colossal statue of liberty to the city of
San Francisco. The figure will be of stone and.
including the pedestal. will be forty feet high.
At the base will crouch figure representing
archy. The statue is to be erected on the sum
NIT of one of the twin peaks, two cone shaped
hills at the extremity of Market street. midway
of the peninsula. overlooking both the Pacific
and the Bav Of San Francisco. The site
for the statue is $50 feet high. that the cleo
trio light torches which Liberty will hold aloft
will be 900 feet above the level of the